Key: F# minor
Verse 1
Em
B
Em
B
Em
I woke in the arms
B
Em
of two angels in flight,
and the dogs they were barking,
B
Em
and the birds they were shying.
darkness and the screams,
B
Em
I was brought down at once to my knees.
I was good to my kids and
B
Em
I ironed my clothes,
I kept tabs on my mother
This ain't heaven,
this ain't heaven,
this ain't Shangri -La,
heaven would be.
and the crookie and the cord
heaven would be
Em
Am
We were all riled up over nothing
I thought heaven would be
B
Em
There's no color in my eye s.
There is a black pearly ocean
B
Em
I was a hunter, a fighter, a mule
This ain't heaven, this ain't heaven,
this ain't Shangri -La
B
Em
On the night that my old body died
This ain't heaven, this ain't heaven
This ain't Shangri -La,
Thank the Lord for the war
and the khaki and the cords
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm B Am
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